By Hisham Ali Bob
What gold cannot buy
Sudan’s war and the institutions of survival: what recorded gold exports can and cannot tell us about civilian life and recovery.
The Praxis Aureate
Small signals. Public consequences.
Letters by Hisham Ali Bob on how policy, money and technology change the institutions and everyday lives we depend on.
By Hisham Ali Bob, Founder and principal, Praxis Strategy Group.
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By Hisham Ali Bob
A universe she could question
Wanda Díaz-Merced’s experience with sonification raises a practical question: whether accessible tools give scientists room to explore evidence.
By Hisham Ali Bob
The value of a payment date
Why an arts grant’s payment calendar belongs beside its award amount.
By Hisham Ali Bob
The value inside the count
What changing enrollment reveals about the capacity schools and their partners need.
By Hisham Ali Bob
Before the shovel, the ledger
Why public infrastructure depends on the records and decisions that come before construction.
By Hisham Ali Bob
The value of getting through
The people, records and systems between a public benefit and the household it is meant to serve.
By Hisham Ali Bob
The gold rush runs on electricity
What the AI buildout asks of the places around it.